diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2504efd..d4e2271 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ So we can use for action:
 | settings-proxies           | proxies           |
 | settings-repositories      | repositories      |
 | settings-githubServer      | githubServer      |
+| settings-path              | path              |
 
 # Testing against different Maven versions
 
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 5091cf7..67f33a8 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ inputs:
     default: "true"
     required: false
 
+  settings-path:
+    description: 'override default path to settings.xml which is $HOME/.m2/settings.xml'
+    required: false
+
 runs:
   using: 'composite'
 
@@ -166,3 +170,4 @@ runs:
         proxies: '${{ inputs.settings-proxies }}'
         repositories: '${{ inputs.settings-repositories }}'
         githubServer: '${{ inputs.settings-githubServer }}'
+        path: '${{ inputs.settings-path }}'